<< Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:16:21 -0600 From: Wade Tinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [G] Installing bundled applications
Hi, My Mac Mini is down again. Same symptoms as before, but resetting the PMU isn't solving the problem. I'm able to boot into it sporadically, but it doesn't stay up long before it freezes back up again. I've been able to recover like 99 percent of my files, but they don't do me any good without some way to open them. I need to install Appleworks on this Mystic I'm using. I remember that someone posted a way to install the bundled software that comes on the install disk on a second computer using the terminal. This was brought up in a thread about buying secondhand Mac OS installers. I thought I saved that message, but... >> I suspect that you're thinking about what I posted here a month ago. It's about the eMac (not the iMac, as I misstated) Restore disk for 9.2.2, but it may work with you're Install disk -- or you may not need it, if it's really an Install disk. The key issue seems to be whether there is an installer on the disk, or just invisible disk image files with each app. (If they're not invisible, you just have to mount them. Note that the method below only works under X.) ~~ Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/> ~~ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:29:21 -0800 (PST) From: "Bill Judson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert Subject: Re: [G] Mac OS To: "G-List" <[email protected]> << on 11/1/05 8:45 PM, Mike Abrams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the real deal on all those people selling the > grey OS software discs. Will they work in any Mac as > some claim or is it just the machine listed on the > disc? Good question. I have an OS 9.1 disk from a Powerbook that will install on any machine I've asked it to. Performa 6300. Powerbook 3400c PPC 8600, etc. I have an iMac OS 9.0.4 disk that will not install on anything but the iMac (so far as I can tell). I doubt that there is a comprehensive answer out there, but if there is I like to know too. -- All the Best, R.A. Cantrell >> I have a gray 10.2 disk for the 2002 iMacs that installs without complaint on my beige G3. This is an "install" disk. I also have gray "restore" disks for 10.1.2 and 9.2.2, labelled for the iMac, & 9.2.2 for the eMac, that never would install anything on the G3. However, when I look on those Restore disks using Terminal under X ("ls -a"), I find an invisible directory on each called .images, with .dmg files for X, 9.2.2, & apps like Appleworks, etc. (The X restore images cover 3 disks.) I can go into that invisible directory ("cd .images"), copy those .dmg files to a hard drive ("cp * /[whatever the path you want]"), mount on the desktop, & copy to my heart's content -- at least the 9.2.2 disk image, which produces a perfectly bootable system when copied to a disk (a few aliases are screwed up), & the apps. I haven't tried to install a 10.1.2, since I already have a perfectly good 10.2.x. __ Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
